The Penn's Grove record., 1887-07-02
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Twenty knights or the Switch"
went to the house of a woman named
Martin, in Jefferson township, near
Winchester, Ohio, on the evening of the
9th, and overpowered the inmates,
after some resistance on the part Of
two men who were inside. The
"Knights" then took Mrs. Martin and
her daughter Lily from their beds and
savagely whipped them with hickory
switches until they became uncon-
scious. Mrs. Martin, being the first to
revive, was told that if she and her
daughter did not leave the county
within twenty-four hours they would
be killed. The two men found in tie
house-married farmers of the neigh
borhood were dismissed with the ad-
m0nition that they, too, would Ee
killed if they were again found in a
house Of evil repute. In Louisville,
Kentucky, on the evening of the 9th,
August Beming, q years Of age, shot
his wife and then committed suicide.
Jealousy was the cause. They had
been married i've months. The wo-
mans lie was immoral before their
marriage, and Beming hal suspected
that she had relapsed into her former
career.
-Lafin IL Rand's powder mill at
Wayne, New Jersey, blew up on the
morning Of the 2Sth. Three men were
Killed and several were injured. none
dangerously.
"A stage travelling between Saraci
and Santa Ana, in Sonora, was at
tackled by bandits a few days ago.
AdOlfo Garay, n of the passengers,
resisted and vas mortally wounded.
Another has his arm broken. Two
ladies were tied to the wheels and
robbed of $500. The robbers we're
pursued and we of them have been
captured and hanged. The sloop Sea-
bird, which left Port Townsend tor
Alaska ON May Is, 1886, never reached
port. 1t has now been ascertalned
that her crew, consisting of the cap
tain and three other men, were muir
dered by Indians at Knights Inlet.
Pemberton Hairless was shot dead by
an unknown assassin near Alva, Mis-
souri,, on the 23d. THE motive of the
suspected assassin is supposed to have
been revenge for a Bald Knob whip
ping received last summer The
greatest excitement prevails in the vi
cinity Of the murder, and the farmers
are said to be working one another's
crops In squads, no man being willing
to risk himself alone in his field"
"A tornado passed over a section Of
country about twenty miles from Long
view, Texas, on the evening of the 9th
causing loss of property and life. At
New Prospect five men were killed,
and at Fairplay a woman and two chill
dren were crushed to death in a house
which was wrecked by the fall of a
tree.
"A telegram from Virginia City,
Nevada, says that a majority of the
miners there have given up the hope
that the six men imprisoned in the
Gould Il Curry mine are still alive.
-Four men we're | | led in a mine at Nor
way, Michigan, on the morning of the
26th by a tram-car striking the cage in
which they were.
-Three men, Morgan, Hanley and
Harrington, have been arrested at
Alpena, Michigan. OIL suspicion of be-
ing three of the four robbers who res
cued McMunn, at Ravenna, Ohio, a
short time ago, from two officers, and
killed one of them in doing 80. SIC, 900
reward was offered for the capture of
the gang.
Robert G. Lydston, aged II years,
shot himself through the heart in
Chicago on the afternoon OF the 9th.
He vas collector for a paper firm and
had embezzled $500 for pool-room
speculatiOns. His parents are wealthy.
Harrison B. McCreary, 46 years of age,
committed suicide by cutting his throat
in Utica. New York, on the morning
of the 29th. He had been respondent
since his wife's death, about three
months ago.
Near Franklin, Kentucky, on the
the 9th, Neriah Lewis, a maniac,
armed himself with two pistols and
riding to a neighboring farm shot and
killed John Roach and wounded
Roach's brother. Lewis then drove
back to his fathers house and driving
out all the family took possession of
the building. Aposse who had started
in pursuit were fired upon by Lewis
and driven back. Lewis then shot and
fatally wounded himself.
john Laidlaw and DR.. Robert n.
Mills, of Elmira, New York. were, GU
the 2Sth, arraigned before the United
States Commissioner at Binghampton
on a charge OF defraudI"g the Pension
Office at Washington of $4,000. Their
tool is said to have been a blind man of
Elmira. The prisoners were committed
to await the arrival Of bail, which Will
be about $4,000.
Most of the inhabitants of the
burned town of Marshield. Wisconsin,
passed the night Of the 27t!h in wagons
and rudely constructed Sheds, with such
blankets and household furniture as
were saved. Aid IN the way of pro-
visions and clothing Is being sent to the
sufft rers. The burned buildings cov-
cred eight blocks. The losses are estl-
mated al over 50, 1000, 900, and the insur-
ances at $500, 900.
The body o. George d. Morse, u
prominent cattle dealer and soap manu-
lfacturer, WAS found IN the bay at
Toronto on the morning of the 2Sth.
1t is supposed he accidentally fell In
the night before.